Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0000485
TENNESSEE ALLOYS COMPANY, Bridgeport, AL: NPDES AL0000485 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TENNESSEE ALLOYS COMPANY, held by Tennessee Alloys Company, holds NPDES permit AL0000485. EPA’s file records it issued April 29, 2016 and expiring May 31, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | TENNESSEE ALLOYS COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tennessee Alloys Company |
| NPDES ID | AL0000485 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2021 |
| Address | Bridgeport, AL 35740 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Jones Creek-Tennessee River (HUC 060300010201) |
| SIC | 3313 – Electrometallurgical Products |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ALD040654022; ICIS-AIR source AL0000000107100007 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0000485.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0000485.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.